Notice me
Take my hand
Why are we
Strangers when
[Pre-Chorus]
Our love is strong?
Why carry on without me?
[Chorus]
Every time I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you, baby
And every time I see you in my dreams
I see your face, it's haunting me
I guess I need you, baby
[Verse 2]
I make believe
That you are here
It's the only way
I see clear
[Pre-Chorus]
What have I done?
You seem to move on easy
And every time I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you, baby
And every time I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you, baby
[Bridge]
I may have made it rain
Please forgive me
My weakness caused you pain
And this song's my sorry
[Break]
Ooh
[Pre-Chorus]
At night, I pray
That soon your face will fade away
[Chorus]
And every time I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you, baby
And every time I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you, baby
About
“Everytime” is a song recorded by Britney Spears for her fourth studio album, In the Zone (2003). It was released on May 10, 2004, as the third single from the album.
“Everytime” is a pop ballad with breathy vocals and its lyrics are a plea for forgiveness for inadvertently hurting a former lover. The song received generally positive reviews, with critics complimenting its haunting lyrics and the organic feel of the song in comparison with most of the tracks on its host album.
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Britney and the co-writer of this song, Annet Artani started hanging out after both of them broke up with their partners. While Britney never confirmed nor denied, Annet has said that the song was about him.
Well the main thing — like with “Everytime” I wrote the whole thing from scratch on the piano. Musically there was no track or anything. I was just at my house and I did the whole thing by myself. And then I went and I played it for (Guy Sigmouth) and I just basically told him exactly how I wanted the song to sound. And he was so amazing because there’s a lot of producers you tell them things and they don’t get it. And you’re like oh, that’s not the right way. He got it just right. He was amazing. And so that song specifically, you know, I did everything. But as far as like, you know, the other songs I would go in to the studio and they would play me just a bunch of different tracks. And I would pick a track that I liked. And then I would basically do the melodies and the words and they would do the tracks. And like if I heard sounds here or there,in my head that thought should be there, they would elaborate on. And if they wanted streams here, and more of a baseline here they would do it. So that’s kind of how it worked. But musically, I didn’t do a lot of the tracks. That’s something that I really want to probably learn on the next album. But for the most part I did most of the melody and just the words"
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